When we look at the sun do we see an absorption or emission?

Question

How about a neon sign?

Answer 1

The previous answers are correct: both, However, technically you don't see absorption, it's absorbed, you see evidence of it in absorption lines which you view indirectly via a spectrometer or other instrument.

Answer 2

  Emission Both.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

The sun exhibits both absorption and emission.

The photosphere has gas that absorbs light, so there are dark lines in the spectrum; but the chromosphere emits Halpha - and that's an emission line (well more than one line).

A neon light is an emission spectrum - if you passed the light thru a prism you would see a few lines a distinct colors (mostly yellow, orange and red).